Leveled Readings / Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan
George C. Marshall, Harvard speech (June 5, 1947)
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos.”
Adapted · about grade 4
Our plan is not against any country. It is against hunger, being poor, and disorder.
Adapted · about grade 7
Our policy is not aimed at any country or idea. It is aimed at hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.
Adapted · about grade 10
Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.
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